<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Jessica, indeed Nordiska was produced in Sweden and from 1967 on in Germany, too. 1980 Dongbei bought Nordiska and nowadays they are produced in China. No idea when the production completely moved to China, but i don´t think that it was 1980. I tuned some Nordiskas from the 80´s and they all were produced in Sweden or Kronach/Germany and had Renner actions. Interesting: the serial numbers changed from the year 2000 on, so it might be that this was the date when Nordiska produced only in China? Gregor <blockquote><hr>From: ebonyandivory@on.aibn.com To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: RE: 8year Nordiska Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 23:23:30 -0400 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft SafeHTML"> <style> .ExternalClass p.EC_MsoNormal, .ExternalClass li.EC_MsoNormal, .ExternalClass div.EC_MsoNormal {margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';} .ExternalClass a:link, .ExternalClass span.EC_MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} .ExternalClass a:visited, .ExternalClass span.EC_MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;} .ExternalClass p.EC_MsoAutoSig, .ExternalClass li.EC_MsoAutoSig, .ExternalClass div.EC_MsoAutoSig {margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';} .ExternalClass span.EC_EmailStyle17 {font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt;} .ExternalClass div.EC_Section1 {page:Section1;} </style> <div class="EC_Section1"> Scott, Paul, Thanks for the help, Things change so fast.  I am of the understanding that Nordiska warranty is 10 years, I think I got this information from a web site.  Geneva claims they never sold to Canada (I’m sure they didn’t) and to Check with the seller.  I don’t know who that is.  From Geneva’s web site they only go back with Nordiska only since about 2000.    Paul I am tending to think that if the holes aren’t drilled far enough then just trying to tune the instrument will make the pins loose, and all the glue and shims in the world isn’t going to help.  The end of the pin has to be free to move.   The customer is from an Eastern block country she was under the assumption it came from Finland or Sweden.  I am sure the A0 in the serial number stands for the plant it was made in.  Who knows.    I’m getting tired of this stuff.  I guess I’m going to pass on the CA glue and tell her to trade it in while it looks nice and shiny.  I am definitely not going to pull pins and redrill or shim holes and who knows what the block is made of.  It’s too bad for her.  I used to think anything was fixable.   Jessica Masse RPT Piano Technicians Guild   </div> </blockquote> <hr />Get news, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. <a href='http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx ' target='_new'>Check it out!</a></body> </html>